Was eBay a Fad?(britannica.com)

7 pointsby breily18 tahun yang lalu11 comments

britannica.com

Was eBay a Fad?

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2008/06/was-ebay-a-fad/

7 comments

babul18 tahun yang lalu

Wasn't this article here last week? (albeit on another url)

bouncingsoul18 tahun yang lalu

Yes: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=207995

andreyf18 tahun yang lalu

No. eBay was a good idea at the time executed without enough mobility.

Auctions are losing a ton of share, and fixed price has been gaining pretty steadily.

This might be because fixed price distributors have gotten smarter at setting prices, not because fixed price is inherently better than auctions.

antidaily18 tahun yang lalu

You just can't find some of the stuff on eBay elsewhere, which makes me think it'll stick around. Also, they have http://www.express.ebay.com/ now.

dant18 tahun yang lalu

It doesn't really say that ebay are doing less auctions than before, just that fixed price are gaining share. I doubt auctions will die off completely.

patrickg-zill18 tahun yang lalu

No, I think eBay shot themselves in the foot by acting arrogant towards both sellers and buyers.

bprater18 tahun yang lalu

With the economy slumping, I wouldn't be surprised to see a resurgance at Ebay.

andreyf18 tahun yang lalu

Or at a startup that's on its way to replace eBay :)

dmix18 tahun yang lalu

This is in an industry of scale.

For that very fact alone starting a company in this area would be a really bad idea. It's not even on the decline yet let alone in a weak position.

jgamman18 tahun yang lalu

britannica has the chutzpah to comment on anything to do with the web?

fbailey18 tahun yang lalu

I'm not sure about Brittannica, but I would say that Nicholas Carr has earned the right to comment on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Carr